Genesis 44:7
“And they said vnto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy seruants should doe according to this thing.”
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Genesis 44:7 Context
5Is not this it, in which my lord drinketh? and whereby indeed he diuineth? ye haue done euill in so doing. 6¶ And he ouertooke them, and he spake vnto them these same words. 7And they said vnto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy seruants should doe according to this thing. 8Behold, the money which wee found in our sackes mouthes, wee brought againe vnto thee, out of the land of Canaan: how then should wee steale out of thy lords house, siluer or golde? 9With whom soeuer of thy seruants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lords bondmen.
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And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
- King James Version
They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:
- Basic English Bible
And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!
- Darby Bible
And they said to him, Why saith my lord these words? Far be it from us that thy servants should do according to this thing:
- Webster's Bible
They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
- World English Bible
and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible